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Mon Apr-11-11 09:52 AM
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| 38. no mention of vast and unnecessary military expenditures... |
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...and as for raising taxes on the rich and their wealthy corporations, I'll believe THAT when I see it. Obama has already given away the farm in that respect, unless he's going to work for repealing the tax cuts for the wealthy he capitulated "negotiated" with House republicans last year.
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| -Obama’s new approach to deficit reduction to include spending on entitlements |
onehandle |
Apr-11-11 07:44 AM |
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Oh, no, he's got it all wrong. It' supposed to be |
Jackpine Radical |
Apr-11-11 07:54 AM |
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it should be "I'll talk left, but I will act right!" |
RedCloud |
Apr-11-11 10:55 AM |
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thank you sir, may I have another.... |
Born Free |
Apr-11-11 03:19 PM |
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"going on the offensive" |
vi5 |
Apr-11-11 07:59 AM |
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"Sensible!" "Pragmatic!" "Going on the offensive!" "Pull my string!" |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Apr-11-11 08:34 AM |
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Well, he's certainly offended me more and more over the last two years. |
Divernan |
Apr-11-11 08:59 AM |
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Ditto. I really dislike him now - especially after spending so much time defending him to family |
cyberpj |
Apr-11-11 10:24 AM |
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I guaranteed to my Democratic leaning Independent brother that the B*ush tax cuts |
Zorra |
Apr-11-11 11:09 AM |
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Also, when he didn't do more while he had the majority in congress was shocking to me. nt |
cyberpj |
Apr-11-11 11:20 AM |
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I have problems keeping up. |
Telly Savalas |
Apr-11-11 10:01 PM |
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Well he IS the leader of the party isn't he? |
cyberpj |
Apr-12-11 09:44 AM |
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he had an angry fire smoldering when he ran in '08 but fire's gone out |
wordpix |
Apr-13-11 08:04 AM |
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"I'll vote for Obama in 2012 only because I have no choice." |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 12:59 PM |
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You've got that right. |
OKDem08 |
Apr-11-11 05:11 PM |
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I think they meant that his tenure will continue to be offensive. |
zogofzorkon |
Apr-11-11 09:27 AM |
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January 20th, 2009 |
Plucketeer |
Apr-11-11 10:42 AM |
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Not just out of touch, out of sight. |
russspeakeasy |
Apr-11-11 11:47 AM |
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So Obama has capitulated completely to Corporatist crap! |
Odin2005 |
Apr-11-11 08:00 AM |
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Apr-11-11 09:46 AM |
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Do you REALLY think it is "capitulation"? It's nothing more than Good Cop/Bad Cop |
NorthCarolina |
Apr-11-11 10:07 AM |
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+1 |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 12:55 PM |
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first of all, lose the word "entitlement" altogether |
Roy Rolling |
Apr-11-11 08:04 AM |
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I agree, "entitlement", needs to go... |
rasputin1952 |
Apr-11-11 11:00 AM |
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I agree with your interpretation. |
Paper Roses |
Apr-11-11 11:13 AM |
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Totally agree with this |
Liberalynn |
Apr-11-11 05:55 PM |
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100% CORRECT...... please change the title----- just like UNEMPLOYMENT, not |
goobergoober01 |
Apr-11-11 11:00 AM |
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Why don't we also lose the word "liberal"? Or maybe "activist" ? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:32 AM |
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We payed for those things so we're entitled to them. |
drm604 |
Apr-11-11 11:52 AM |
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NO SHIT. Every time that word is used, it's a win for the other side. |
Warren DeMontague |
Apr-11-11 12:18 PM |
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Entitlement is a proper legal term that reflects progressive values. |
hack89 |
Apr-11-11 06:25 PM |
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I keep waiting for Pres. Obama to |
asjr |
Apr-11-11 08:15 AM |
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When are you going to figure out that isn't going to happen? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:10 AM |
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Every day it becomes a litlle bit easier to toss up your hands.. |
Bonhomme Richard |
Apr-11-11 08:15 AM |
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more and more I feel this way |
BigD_95 |
Apr-11-11 10:08 AM |
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"Sometimes I wish I didn't care so much" |
Bonhomme Richard |
Apr-11-11 10:47 AM |
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Turned out, I didn't even vote in my best interest. I voted for Obama. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 01:05 PM |
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I feel so hopeful!!!!! n/t |
QC |
Apr-11-11 08:25 AM |
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Obama is quite prepared to give it all away |
bowens43 |
Apr-11-11 08:26 AM |
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I agree. |
earthside |
Apr-11-11 08:45 AM |
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Why would someone so utterly averse to conflict go into politics? |
QC |
Apr-11-11 08:50 AM |
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Apr-11-11 09:22 AM |
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Apr-11-11 09:40 AM |
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Well, yeah, there's that question, too. |
QC |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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Apr-11-11 11:59 AM |
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Try looking at it the other way around -- |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:13 AM |
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You're assuming he's averse averse to conflict. He fought Hillary for his nomination and he's |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 01:20 PM |
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and that's the problem |
shanti |
Apr-11-11 11:07 AM |
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You think this is "weakness"? Obama is "Superman" when he's standing up for corporations -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:34 AM |
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we saw |
edhopper |
Apr-11-11 08:38 AM |
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Yep. That was the beginning of the end. |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 10:00 AM |
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Nah. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:08 PM |
#129 |
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3 Wars, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Gas Subsidies, ..oh and we're cutting your medical insurance. |
EndElectoral |
Apr-11-11 08:39 AM |
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There are plenty improvements that won't impact Medicare beneficiaries. If that's goal, I'm for it. |
Hoyt |
Apr-11-11 08:51 AM |
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Baloney. Obama opens the door, suggests some changes. The |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 10:02 AM |
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Baloney back. There are plenty of people who open up a supposed medical facility and bill Medicare |
Hoyt |
Apr-11-11 10:29 AM |
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I know what's going to happen. |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 10:41 AM |
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whats next weeks winning lotto numbers please? n/t |
Bodhi BloodWave |
Apr-11-11 12:23 PM |
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There are too many other areas of government waste that can be cut before even looking at medicare |
Raschel |
Apr-11-11 11:55 AM |
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If beneficiaries were not going to get hurt, Plouffe would have said that. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 01:51 PM |
#126 |
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How do you get that from what Plouffe said? Are you confusing Plouffe and Ryan? |
Hoyt |
Apr-11-11 06:41 PM |
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oh so he admits that he is selling us out AGAIN and that he is only gonna "renew his call " |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Apr-11-11 09:02 AM |
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I'm getting curious: when will we grab the pitchforks. We have |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 09:04 AM |
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Good question. I ask it often, 'tho sometimes, I just ask "Is it soup yet?" |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 01:31 PM |
#125 |
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Madame Defarge, you mean? There are no Madame Defarges and |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 01:57 PM |
#128 |
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Yes. My typing is worse than Obama's politics. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:21 PM |
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Anyone else suspect |
nalnn |
Apr-11-11 09:40 AM |
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Absolutely. It's a great performance. |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 10:41 AM |
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All decision making is being removed from public view -- from Congress ... |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:37 AM |
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I think this was n the works LONG before last week. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:25 PM |
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Fucking entitlement DINO! |
L0oniX |
Apr-11-11 09:40 AM |
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It's an entitlement because you're entitled to it. You're entitled to it BECAUSE you've paid for it. |
Demit |
Apr-11-11 10:26 AM |
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"Entitlements" is a corporatist propaganda word |
nichomachus |
Apr-11-11 09:47 AM |
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No -- they've simply taken a another word and made it something evil -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:14 AM |
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Obama to Put Taxes on Table in Spending Plan |
kpete |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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We were told over and over Obama would not touch social security and any such fears were unfounded |
no limit |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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well, GW Bush campaigned on "Read My Lips ... No New Taxes" ... then BINGO! |
MacNfries |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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And he lost re-election, even after having a 90% approval rating months earlier. |
keopeli |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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Yep. Republican voters were not afraid to have Poppy lose to Clinton, even with Perot in the race. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:36 PM |
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the elder not younger president bush n/t |
alp227 |
Apr-11-11 11:09 AM |
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obama just approved extension of bush tax cuts. dr, jekyl & Mr Obama lol nt |
msongs |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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I think you may mean President Obama and Mr. Hyde? |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:30 PM |
#132 |
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This is a satire, right? |
earthside |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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Yea, cut benefits for poor and needy and raise taxes on the rich... |
WCGreen |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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No, the ill advised tax cuts the half-witted Texan pushed through expired on 12/31/10. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:44 PM |
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Lol. Yeah I guess we need to call them the Obama tax cuts now. |
dkf |
Apr-11-11 10:27 PM |
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The ill advised tax cuts expired for this fiscal year |
WCGreen |
Apr-13-11 05:06 AM |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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All the Bush tax cuts need to be rescinded on schedule. |
dkf |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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The Bush tax cuts already expired. Please see Reply 134. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 02:55 PM |
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I trust neither Fox nor WSJ, but even a broken clock, you know... |
keopeli |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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Axelrod will hail it as "Compromise." Reid will say: "It's the Best Deal we could Get." |
KoKo |
Apr-11-11 12:02 PM |
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Pundits usually miss the mark. Reagan was more liberal than Obama has been. So was Nixon. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 03:00 PM |
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Will Obama include ANY attempts to require corps like GE to pay up? |
FailureToCommunicate |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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foxnews.... |
JTFrog |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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It's a Wall Street Journal piece. And kpete doesn't sink. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 03:24 PM |
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Once upon a time I would have agreed with you. |
JTFrog |
Apr-11-11 05:57 PM |
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What he really say's "He also will call for tax increases for people making under $250,000 a year" |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
Apr-11-11 09:51 AM |
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no mention of vast and unnecessary military expenditures... |
mike_c |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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Good messaging at ploughshares.org |
Kolesar |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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Military spending is where rich people get their money. Can't cut that. nt |
valerief |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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Obama just got finished extending the Mega Rich tax breaks |
Bluenorthwest |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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You bolded the wrong sentence. The part that stands out to me is |
totodeinhere |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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My money |
nalnn |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
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Does cutting Medicare and Medicaid mean no more subsidies for the oil industries? Cuz any other |
valerief |
Apr-11-11 09:52 AM |
#44 |
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Just lip service! Don't expect he'll use much political capital on this. More BS! n/t |
dmosh42 |
Apr-11-11 10:08 AM |
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Fox News? Well, I hope the portion of the report in the OP is correct |
JDPriestly |
Apr-11-11 10:18 AM |
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There isn' a word in the article |
creeksneakers2 |
Apr-11-11 11:04 AM |
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Apr-11-11 10:07 AM |
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HE NEEDS TO PUT THIS ON THE TABLE |
SHRED |
Apr-11-11 10:21 AM |
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If that's what you want, you need someone other than Obama in 2012 --- |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:17 AM |
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NO! Cut the military, corp welfare and tax the rich FIRST, before opening discussion on anything els |
on point |
Apr-11-11 10:34 AM |
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One way or the other most Americans get fucked once again but it |
Jefferson23 |
Apr-11-11 10:40 AM |
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I'm a "liberal Democrat" and still have his back |
raouldukelives |
Apr-11-11 10:41 AM |
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Oh, puhleeze. |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 10:45 AM |
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What? |
pecwae |
Apr-11-11 10:52 AM |
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. |
Doctor_J |
Apr-11-11 11:01 AM |
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Please, please, please .... if you are correct, I'll be working to re-elect. n/t |
SomeGuyInEagan |
Apr-11-11 12:11 PM |
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The way it's supposed to go, you help get him elected, then, from the WH, he gets YOUR back. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 03:10 PM |
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I'm tapping dancing on the moon |
Liberalynn |
Apr-11-11 06:02 PM |
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lulz, thanks for the comic relief |
inna |
Apr-12-11 02:19 AM |
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I won't hold my breath but he needs to do this to get my support back |
wordpix |
Apr-13-11 08:05 AM |
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Apr-11-11 10:47 AM |
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Montreal |
BklynThirtyThree |
Apr-11-11 10:49 AM |
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Are You Surprised ? |
Arlene McCarthy |
Apr-11-11 10:50 AM |
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Apr-11-11 10:58 AM |
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Despite the good and the just |
JackInGreen |
Apr-11-11 11:00 AM |
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The Onion always makes my day |
Doctor_J |
Apr-11-11 11:00 AM |
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If Obama is talking about preserving funding for education you can bet that |
craigmatic |
Apr-11-11 11:03 AM |
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The Dangers of Deficit Reduction |
Jefferson23 |
Apr-11-11 11:06 AM |
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Ah, but what will our response be: "Fool me once......." --- ????? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:07 AM |
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I'm just waiting to see how much he gives up before negotiations start. |
Vinca |
Apr-11-11 11:10 AM |
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now he's treaded into inexcusable territory, and i bet some of you say "he'll deserve loss in 2012" |
alp227 |
Apr-11-11 11:17 AM |
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We need someone step up to primary this PRICK! BO is just another corporate whore. |
FreeStateDemocrat |
Apr-11-11 11:18 AM |
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He's Should Run as a Tea Bagger in 2012 n/t |
radhika |
Apr-11-11 11:18 AM |
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Well, DU'ers certainly went into 2012 campaign mode last week =-!! |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:41 AM |
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What does it take to wake up DU? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 11:21 AM |
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+1000 |
Shining Jack |
Apr-11-11 11:57 AM |
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ITS NOT A NEW APPROACH... i read it last year in the GOP playbook |
goobergoober01 |
Apr-11-11 11:30 AM |
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It's hard to say that around here. You're the one with balls. |
Auntie Bush |
Apr-11-11 12:02 PM |
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The Supreme Court Already is Hard Right |
ctwayne |
Apr-11-11 12:21 PM |
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I'll assume you didn't have your reading glasses on. |
Auntie Bush |
Apr-11-11 01:11 PM |
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You need a right winger to retire -- who will it be in next four years? |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 04:48 PM |
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We've changed from hope to faith? LOL! |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 03:38 PM |
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Obama "HAS made the world "in general" a safer place"? |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 03:50 PM |
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Obama has balls -- unfortunately they're for helping the rich -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 04:46 PM |
#145 |
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Is anyone really surprised? n/t |
OhioChick |
Apr-11-11 11:34 AM |
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No. n/t |
Jefferson23 |
Apr-11-11 11:41 AM |
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Nope. |
Shining Jack |
Apr-11-11 11:56 AM |
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Nope. |
neoralme |
Apr-11-11 12:15 PM |
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"Everything Is On The Table"* |
Warren DeMontague |
Apr-11-11 12:22 PM |
#113 |
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Told you so. Again. |
Zhade |
Apr-11-11 12:23 PM |
#114 |
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Plouffe said Obama will use a “scalpel” and not a “machete” |
AlbertCat |
Apr-11-11 12:40 PM |
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Start with no health insurance coverage for members of Congress |
kiranon |
Apr-11-11 12:44 PM |
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They're not affected by Boehnbama policies. They're in a protected class. |
valerief |
Apr-11-11 12:53 PM |
#119 |
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Maybe some of the cuts will be |
Politicalboi |
Apr-11-11 12:52 PM |
#118 |
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Sure would be nice to have a Democrat in office |
RussBLib |
Apr-11-11 01:53 PM |
#127 |
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whoo--didn't see this coming! |
librechik |
Apr-11-11 03:11 PM |
#138 |
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We needed FDR. We got Hoover. |
No Elephants |
Apr-11-11 04:03 PM |
#143 |
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+1000% -- exactly -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Apr-11-11 04:49 PM |
#147 |
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When election campaigns are fueled by corporate spending |
They_Live |
Apr-11-11 04:09 PM |
#144 |
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Obama AGAIN uses Republican framing prior to the debate |
_ed_ |
Apr-11-11 05:44 PM |
#149 |
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here's hoping the entitlements he's talking about are corporate welfare |
wordpix |
Apr-13-11 08:02 AM |
#160 |
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